Scientific publications

Analysis of Unused Organ Donors in the Netherlands: Older Donor Age Associated With Higher Risk of Non-Utilization.

• Authors: Chotkan KA, Kuiper MA, Alwayn IPJ, Heemskerk MBA, Braat AE, Jansen NE.
• Journal: Transpl Int.
• Volume-page: 2025 Mar 11;38:14157
• DOI: 10.3389/ti.2025.14157
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Reduction of hepatectomy times in Dutch organ procurement teams.

• Authors: Dielwart IJC, Verberght HCR, de Vries KM, Hemke AC, Bakker SJL, Olde Damink SWM, van de Poll MCG, Pol RA, de Jonge J; National Organ Procurement Committee.
• Journal: Liver Transpl.
• Volume-page: 2025 Apr 2.
• DOI: 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000617
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Mapping and Handling Conflicts of Interest in Deceased Organ Donation: How to Handle Ethical Issues and Build Trust in the Healthcare Team

• Authors: David Shaw, Nichon Esther Jansen, Alicia Pérez-Blanco, Anne Floden, Rutger Jan Ploeg, Jessie Cooper, Tineke Jentina Wind, Dale Gardiner – on behalf of the ELPAT Deceased Donation Working Group
• Journal: Transplant International
• Volume: 06 October 2025
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/ti.2025.14235
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Results of Kidney Transplantation from Donors Following Euthanasia in the Netherlands: Benchmarking Science and Ethical Challenge.

• Authors: Jansen N.E., Gardiner D.
• Journal: Transplant International.
• Volume-page: 2024 Oct 18;37:13806
• DOI: 10.3389/ti.2024.13806.
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Certification Training and Liver Transplant Experience Improves Liver Procurement Outcomes: The Dutch Approach.

• Authors: Lam HD, Ploeg R, Nijboer WN, Alwayn IPJ, Coenraad M, Hemke AC, Bastiaannet E, Putter H, Baranski A.
• Journal: Transplantation.
• Volume-page: 2024 Oct 1;108(10):2093-2099. Epub 2024 Apr 15.
• DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000005024
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Editorial: Ethical and legal aspects of organ donation and transplantation.

• Authors: Ambagtsheer F, Annema C, Forsythe J, Jansen N, Paredes-Zapata D.
• Journal: Transpl Int.
• Volume-page: 2024 Apr 9;37:13011.
• DOI: 10.3389/ti.2024.13011.
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When is directed deceased donation justified? Practical, ethical, and legal issues.

• Authors: Shaw D, Gardiner D, Ploeg R, Floden A, Cooper J, Pérez-Blanco A, Wind T, Dijkhuizen L, Jansen N, Haase-Kromwijk B.
• Journal: J Intensive Care Soc.
• Volume-page: 2024 Feb 13;25(3):333-338.
• DOI: 10.1177/17511437241231705.
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Normothermic regional perfusion in paediatric donation after circulatory determination of death – the Oxford position statement from ELPAT.

• Authors: Brierley J, Pérez-Blanco A, Stojanovic J, Kessaris N, Scales A, Paessler A, Jansen N, Briki A, Gardiner D and Shaw D
• Journal: Front Transplant.
• Volume-page: 2024 Jan 29:3:1320783.
• DOI: 10.3389/frtra.2024.1320783.
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Disparities in kidney transplantation accessibility among immigrant populations in Europe: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

• Authors: Van Overdijk PHA, Grossi AA, Van Delft CH, Jansen NE, Van den Hoogen MWF, D Paredes-Zapata.
• Journal: Transplant Rev.
• Volume-page: 2024 Jan;38(1):100814.
• DOI: 10.1016/j.trre.2023.100814.
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Ten Years of Quality Monitoring of Abdominal Organ Procurement in the Netherlands and Its Impact on Transplant Outcome.

• Authors: Chotkan KA, Alwayn IPJ, Hemke AC, Baranski A, Nijboer W, Pol RA, Braat AE.
• Journal: Transpl Int.
• Volume-page: 2024 Jun 11;37:12989. doi: 10.3389/ti.2024.12989. eCollection 2024.
• DOI: 10.3389/ti.2024.12989.
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Quality assessment of donor liver procurement surgery using an unadjusted CUSUM prediction model. A practical nationwide evaluation.

• Authors: Lam HD, Schaapherder AF, Alwayn IP, Nijboer WN, Tushuizen ME, Hemke AC, Baranski A, Pas SLV.
• Journal: Clin Transplant.
• Volume-page: 2023 May;37(5):e14940. Epub 2023 Feb 27.
• DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14940
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Time for transplant care professionals to face recipients' fear of graft rejection-an opinion paper.

• Authors: Forsberg A, Jansen N, Paredes D, Maple H.
• Journal: Transplant Immunology.
• Volume-page: 2023 Sept. 2:1277053
• DOI: 10.3389/frtra.2023.1277053.
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Taking a “Care Pathway/Whole Systems” Approach to Equality Diversity Inclusion (EDI) in Organ Donation and Transplantation in Relation to the Needs of “Ethnic/Racial/Migrant” Minority Communities: A Statement and a Call for Action.

• Authors: Grossi AA, Randhawa G, Jansen N, Paredes D.
• Journal: Transpl Int.
• Volume-page: 2023 Jul 31:36:11310
• DOI: 10.3389/ti.2023.11310.
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‘One size does not fit all’ in organ donation and transplantation: Targeting and tailoring communication for migrant and ethnic minority populations.

• Authors: Grossi AA, Paredes D, Palaniswami V, Jansen N, Picozzi M, Randhawa G.
• Journal: Communication & Medicine.
• Volume-page: 2023 May.
• DOI: 10.1558/cam.21434.
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Organ Donation After Euthanasia in Patients Suffering From Psychiatric Disorders: 10-Years of Preliminary Experiences in the Netherlands.

• Authors: Van DijkN, Stärcke P, de Jongh W, Jansen N, Shaw D, Bollen J, Van Mook.
• Journal: Transpl Int.
• Volume-page: 2023 Feb 9;36:10934.
• DOI: 10.3389/ti.2023.10934.
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Changing to an Opt Out System for Organ Donation-Reflections From England and Netherlands.

• Authors: Jansen N.E., Williment C., Haase-Kromwijk BJJM, Gardiner D.
• Journal: Transpl Int.
• Volume-page: 2022 Jul 4;35:10466.
• DOI: 10.3389/ti.2022.10466.
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Prospective Multicenter Observational Cohort Study on Time to Death in Potential Controlled Donation after Circulatory Death Donors-Development and External Validation of Prediction Models: The DCD III Study.

• Authors: Kotsopoulos A, Vos P, Witjes M, Volbeda M, Franke H, Epker J, Sonneveld H, Simons K, Bronkhorst E, Mullers R, Jansen N, van der Hoeven H, Abdo WF
• Journal: Transplantation.
• Volume-page: 2022 Mar 8.
• DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004106.
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Authors' Response to Odugoudar et al: Poor Kidney Transplant Outcomes and Higher Organ Discard Rate Secondary to Macroscopic Arteriosclerosis of Renal Artery: More Evidence Needed to Prove Correlation.

• Authors: KeijbeckA, Veenstra R, Pol RA, Konijn C, Jansen N, van Goor H, Hoitsma AJ, Peutz-Kootstra CJ, Moers C.
• Journal: Transplantation.
• Volume-page: 2022 Feb 1;106(2):e172.
• DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003704.
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An Inventory of Deceased Donor Family Care and Contact Between Donor Families and Recipients in 15 European Countries.

• Authors: WindT, Jansen N, Flodén A, Haase-Kromwijk B, Shaw D, Gardiner D.
• Journal: Transpl Int.
• Volume-page: 2022 Jan 10;35
• DOI: 10.3389/ti.2021.10188.
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Donor type and 3-month hospital readmission following kidney transplantation: results from the Netherlands organ transplant registry

• Authors: Wang Y, Heemskerk MBA, Michels WM, de Vries APJ, Dekker FW, Meuleman Y.
• Journal: BMC Nephrol.
• Volume-page: 2021 Apr 27;22(1):155
• DOI: 10.1186/s12882-021-02363-5
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Practice patterns of corneal transplantation in Europe: first report by the European Cornea and Cell Transplantation Registry

• Authors: Dunker SL, Armitage WJ, Armitage M, Brocato L, Figueiredo FC, Heemskerk MBA, Hjortdal J, Jones GLA, Konijn C, Nuijts RMMA, Lundström M, Dickman MM.
• Journal: J Cataract Refract Surg.
• Volume-page: 2021 Jul 1;47(7):865-869
• DOI: 10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000000574
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Outcomes of corneal transplantation in Europe: report by the European Cornea and Cell Transplantation Registry

• Authors: Dunker SL, Armitage WJ, Armitage M, Brocato L, Figueiredo FC, Heemskerk MBA, Hjortdal J, Jones GLA, Konijn C, Nuijts RMMA, Lundström M, Dickman MM.
• Journal: J Cataract Refract Surg.
• Volume-page: 2021 Jun 1;47(6):780-785
• DOI: 10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000000520
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Development and external validation study combining existing models and recent data into an up-to-date prediction model for evaluating kidneys from older deceased donors for transplantation

• Authors: Ramspek CL, El Moumni M, Wali E, Heemskerk MBA, Pol RA, Crop MJ, Jansen NE, Hoitsma A, Dekker FW, van Diepen M, Moers C.
• Journal: Kidney Int.
• Volume-page: 2021 Jun;99(6):1459-1469
• DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.11.016
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Data and optimisation requirements for Kidney Exchange Programs

• Authors: Smeulders B, Pettersson W, Viana A, Andersson T, Bolotinha C, Chromy P, Gentile M, Hadaya K, Hemke A, Klimentova X, Kuypers D, Manlove D, Robb M, Slavcev A, Tubertini P, Valentin MO, van de Klundert J, Ferrari P
• Journal: Health Informatics J.
• Volume-page: 2021 Apr-Jun;27(2):14604582211009918
• DOI: 10.1177/14604582211009918
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Waiting List Dynamics and Lung Transplantation Outcomes After Introduction of the Lung Allocation Score in The Netherlands

• Authors: Hoffman TW, Hemke AC, Zanen P, Luijk B, Hoek RAS, Verschuuren EAM, van Kessel DA
• Journal: Transplant Direct
• Volume-page: 2021 Sep 7;7(10):e760. eCollection 2021 Oct.
• DOI: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001205
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The Association Between Macroscopic Arteriosclerosis of the Renal Artery, Microscopic Arteriosclerosis, Organ Discard, and Kidney Transplant Outcome

• Authors: Keijbeck A, Veenstra R, Pol RA, Konijn C, Jansen N, van Goor H, Hoitsma AJ.
• Journal: Transplantation
• Volume-page: 2020 Dec;104(12):2567-2574
• DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003189
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Building a bridge between patients and transplant healthcare professionals – a descriptive study.

• Authors: Nichon Jansen, Hannah Maple, Anna Forsberg, Fiona Loud, Lone McColaugh, Mark Murphy, Juan Fuertes, Daniel Gallego, David Paredes
• Journal: Transplant International
• Volume-page: 2021 Nov;34(11):2098-2105
• DOI: 10.1111/tri.14111
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Post mortem tissue donation in the Netherlands: a nation wide approach

• Authors: H A van Leiden, B Erkamp, R van Eechoud, D Kishoendajal, J W Mensink
• Journal: Cell Tissue Bank
• Volume-page: 2021 Jun;22(2):185-190. Epub 2020 Jul 1
• DOI: 10.1007/s10561-020-09846-z
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Immediate impact of COVID-19 on transplant activity in the Netherlands

• Authors: de Vries APJ, Alwayn IPJ, Hoek RAS, van den Berg AP, Ultee FCW, Vogelaar SM, Haase-Kromwijk BJJM, Heemskerk MBA, Hemke AC, Nijboer WN, Schaefer BS, Kuiper MA, de Jonge J, van der Kaaij NP, Reinders MEJ
• Journal: Transpl Immunol.
• Volume-page: 2020 Aug;61:101304
• DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2020.101304
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Building Kidney Exchange Programmes in Europe-An Overview of Exchange Practice and Activities.

• Authors: Biró P, Haase-Kromwijk B, Andersson T, Ásgeirsson EI, Baltesová T, Boletis I, Bolotinha C, Bond G, Böhmig G, Burnapp L, Cechlárová K, Di Ciaccio P, Fronek J, Hadaya K, Hemke A, Jacquelinet C, Johnson R, Kieszek J, Kuypers DR, Leishman R, Macher MA, Manlove D, Menoudakou M, Salonen M, Smeulders B, Sparacino V, Spieksma FCR, Valentín MO, Wilson N, van der Klundert J; ENCKEP COST Action.
• Journal: Transplantation.
• Volume-page: 2019 Jul;103(7):1514-1522.
• DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002432
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Impact of Cold Ischemia Time on Outcomes of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation: Analysis of a National Registry

• Authors: Peters-Sengers H, Houtzager JHE, Idu MM, Heemskerk MBA, van Heurn ELW, Homan van der Heide JJ, S.P. Berger SP, Kers J, van Gulik TM, Bemelman FJ
• Journal: Transplant Direct.
• Volume-page: 2019 Apr 25;5(5)
• DOI: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000000888
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Prediction models for delayed graft function: external validation on The Dutch Prospective Renal Transplantation Registry

• Authors: Kers J, Peters-Sengers H, Heemskerk MBA, Berger SP, Betjes MGH, van Zuilen AD, Hilbrands LB, de Fijter JW, Nurmohamed AS, Christiaans MH, Homan van der Heide JJ, Debray TPA, Bemelman FJ
• Journal: Nephrol Dial Transplant.
• Volume-page: 2018 Jul 1;33(7):1259-1268
• DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfy019
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Performance of an easy-to-use prediction model for renal patient survival: an external validation study using data from the ERA-EDTA Registry

• Authors: Hemke AC, Heemskerk MBA, van Diepen M, Kramer A, de Meester J, Heaf JG, Abad Diez JM, Torres Guinea M, Finne P, Brunet P, Vikse BE, Caskey FJ, Traynor JP, Massy ZA, Couchoud C, Groothoff JW, Nordio M, Jager KJ, Dekker FW, Hoitsma AJ.
• Journal: Nephrol Dial Transplant
• Volume-page: 2018 Jan 16
• DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfx348
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DCD donor hemodynamics as predictor of outcome after kidney transplantation

• Authors: Peters-Sengers H, Houtzager JHE, Heemskerk MBA, Idu MM, Minnee RC, Klaasen RW, Joor SE, Hagenaars JAM, Rebers PM, van der Heide JJH, Roodnat JI, Bemelman FJ
• Journal: Am J Transplant.
• Volume-page: 2018 Aug;18(8):1966-1976
• DOI: 10.1111/ajt.14676
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Validation of the Prognostic Kidney Donor Risk Index Scoring System of Deceased Donors for Renal Transplantation in the Netherlands

• Authors: Peters-Sengers H, Heemskerk MBA, Geskus RB, Kers J, Homan van der Heide JJ, Berger SP, Bemelman FJ.
• Journal: Transplantation.
• Volume-page: 2018 Jan;102(1):162-170
• DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000001889
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The effect of differing kidney disease treatment modalities and organ donation and transplantation practices on health expenditure and patient outcomes

• Authors: Jager KJ, Stel VS, Branger P, Guijt M, Busic M, Dragovic M, Diekmann F, Manyalich M, Di Ciaccio P, Nanni Costa A, Collett D, Mumford L, Haase B, Hemke A, Deme O, Mihály S, Murphy M, Couchoud C, Massy Z, Lingemann M, Rahmel A.
• Journal: Nephrol Dial Transplant
• Volume-page: 2018 Apr 1;33(4):560-562
• DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfx082
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Waiting list registration for kidney transplants must improve

• Authors: Haase-Kromwijk BJ, Heemskerk MBA, Weimar W, Berger SP, Hoitsma AJ
• Journal: Ned TijdschrGeneeskd.
• Volume-page: 2017;161:D812
• DOI: n/a
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Stretching the Limits of Renal Transplantation in Elderly Recipients of Grafts from Elderly Deceased Donors

• Authors: Peters-Sengers H, Berger SP, Heemskerk MBA, Al Arashi D, Homan van der Heide JJ, Hemke AC, Ten Berge IJ, Idu MM, Betjes MG, van Zuilen AD, Hilbrands LB, de Vries AP, Nurmohamed AS, Christiaans MH, Ernest van Heurn LW, de Fijter JW, Bemelman FJ
• Journal: J Am Soc Nephrol.
• Volume-page: 2017 Feb;28(2):621-631.
• DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2015080879
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Similar 5-Year Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Between Kidney Transplants From Uncontrolled and Controlled Donors After Circulatory Death-A Dutch Cohort Study

• Authors: Peters-Sengers H, Homan van der Heide JJ, Heemskerk MBA, Ten Berge IJ, Ultee FC, Idu MM, Betjes MG, van Zuilen AD, Christiaans MH, Hilbrands LH, de Vries AP, Nurmohamed AS, Berger SP, Bemelman FJ
• Journal: Transplantation.
• Volume-page: 2017 Jun; 101(6):1144-1151
• DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000001211
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Significant Decreasing Incidence of Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis in the Dutch Population of Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

• Authors: Betjes MG, Habib SM, Boeschoten EW, Hemke AC, Struijk DG, Westerhuis R, Abrahams AC, Korte MR.
• Journal: Perit Dial Int.
• Volume-page: 2017 Mar-Apr;37(2):230-234.
• DOI: 10.3747/pdi.2016.00109
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Increased risk of graft failure and mortality in Dutch recipients receiving an expanded criteria donor kidney transplant.

• Authors: van Ittersum FJ, Hemke AC, Dekker FW, Hilbrands LB, Christiaans MH, Roodnat JI, Hoitsma AJ, van Diepen M.
• Journal: Transpl Int.
• Volume-page: 2017 Jan;30(1):14-28.
• DOI: 10.1111/tri.12863
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Trends in dialysis modality choice and related patient survival in the ERA-EDTA Registry over a 20-year period.

• Authors: van de Luijtgaarden MW, Jager KJ, Segelmark M, Pascual J, Collart F, Hemke AC, Remón C, Metcalfe W, Miguel A, Kramar R, Aasarød K, Abu Hanna A, Krediet RT, Schön S, Ravani P, Caskey FJ, Couchoud C, Palsson R, Wanner C, Finne P, Noordzij M.
• Journal: Nephrol Dial Transplant.
• Volume-page: 2016 Jan;31(1):120-8. Epub2015 Aug 26.
• DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfv295
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Transplanting the elderly: Balancing aging with histocompatibility.

• Authors: Dreyer GJ, Hemke AC, Reinders ME, de Fijter JW.
• Journal: Transplant Rev (Orlando).
• Volume-page: 2015 Oct;29(4):205-11. Epub 2015 Sep 2.
• DOI: 10.1016/j.trre.2015.08.003
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Improved mortality prediction in dialysis patients using specific clinical and laboratory data.

• Authors: Hemke AC, Heemskerk MBA, van Diepen M, Dekker FW, Hoitsma AJ
• Journal: Am J Nephrol.
• Volume-page: 2015;42(2):158-67
• DOI: 10.1159/000439181
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Survival prognosis after the start of a renal replacement therapy in the Netherlands: a retrospective cohort study.

• Authors: Hemke AC, Heemskerk MBA, van Diepen M, Weimar W, Dekker FW, Hoitsma AJ.
• Journal: BMC Nephrol.
• Volume-page: 2013, 14:258
• DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-14-258.
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Causes of decreased use of peritoneal dialysis as a kidney replacement therapy in the Netherlands.

• Authors: Hemke AC, Dekker FW, Bos W, Krediet RT, Heemskerk MBA, Hoitsma A.
• Journal: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd.
• Volume-page: 2012;156:A3871
• DOI: n/a
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Kidney transplantation from donors after cardiac death: A 25-year experience

• Authors: Snoeijs MGJ, Winkens B, Heemskerk MBA, Hoitsma AJ, Christiaans MHL, Buurman WA, van Heurn LWE.
• Journal: Transplantation
• Volume-page: 2010; 90:1106-12
• DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181f83b0b
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Regional kidney allocation only based on full HLA-DR compatibility is not feasible

• Authors: Heemskerk MBA, Claas FHJ, Doxiadis IIN, Haase-Kromwijk BJJM, Haasnoot GW, Homan van der Heide JJ, Weimar W, Hoitsma AJ.
• Journal: Transplantation
• Volume-page: 2009; 88:231-6
• DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181b16174
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Non-heart-beating lung donation: how big is the pool?

• Authors: Nijkamp DM, van der Bij W, Verschuuren EA, Heemskerk MB, de Buijzer E, Erasmus ME.
• Journal: J Heart Lung Transplant
• Volume-page: 2008;27:1040-2.
• DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.05.027
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